I will be the first to say I am not a good blogger. I have good intentions, but my follow through isn't there. I thought about it, and I think what is hard for me is that I don't want to offend or upset anyone, and so I hesitate to say things. I really need to get over that. This doesn't mean I'm going to babble on about what the Teenager is doing, or go off on Bobi, but if I have something to say and it includes those in my life, I'm going to go there, just in the nicest way possible. So, here is to becoming a true blogger, and going for it. I think I said that in January, but you know what we say in January should always be taken with a grain of salt!
Thursday night all of the Vanilla's, Bobi, and Teenage Vanilla's good friend Hannah went to Seder at the synagogue. Teenage Vanilla had a Bat Mitzvah a year and a half ago, and it was incredible! However, once it was over we seemed to have taken a bit of a break from synagogue events. It was really good to go to the Seder and see people, and to also see how many new people there were! Teenage Vanilla reconnected with her good friend Synagogue Amber (because we also have Cheer Amber - same name, different association), who is also friends with Hannah through Teenage Vanilla. Little Vanilla got to spend non Hebrew/Sunday School time with her friends, Mr. Vanilla and I got to spend time with friends, and old friends were found!
The Seder started, and I was looking at other tables, and I saw two men who were so familiar. I thought they might be a couple we had lost touch with when Mr. Vanilla left a job 4 years ago. I leaned over and asked him, but he said we didn't know them. Well, once it was time to get food at the potluck, I look over, Mr. Vanilla is talking with the guys, and yep, they were who I thought they were. Mr. Vanilla said he could only see the back of their heads, while I could see profile, so from that view didn't look like anyone we knew. Jim had converted to Judaism, and although he belonged to a different congregation, it was a bit far and so they were looking at our Temple. They remembered we went to this one, and had actually talked about maybe seeing us there. The world is definitely small! It was great to talk to them and to see them, and we will be getting together with them soon.
I also took the opportunity to plan a get together with the Dalton's and the Mill's. I do see Kathie D when I do the Hebrew School pick up on Thursday, but chatting at the car window just isn't the same as being able to really sit and talk. Donna M and I haven't had a chance to talk in eons, and we sat next to each other and caught up a bit. We are having both families over in a couple of weeks, and all of us are looking forward to it. Teenage Vanilla is really determined to get Will D, who starts high school in August, to come to her high school instead of the one he is planning to go to. She can be like a dog with a bone, so poor Will D is in for it!
Since Mr. Vanilla is not Jewish (although we are raising the girls Jewish) on Sunday we gave the girls Easter Baskets, which Little Vanilla had been asking me about all week. No live animals this year - although the desire to give Teenage Vanilla another bunny was hard to ignore! - but we did give them a joint gift of a smoothie/milkshake/icee maker. It can do more than that, but that is what they will use it for. Instead of hauling out the blender every day, we now have a set with 5 cups so they can make individual drinks right in the cup they will drink out of, everything goes in the dishwasher to clean, and the base is small enough to keep on the kitchen counter. They used it right away, and we all loved it. Less mess and parts to play with! They also got plenty of chocolate, and the new Crayola colored bubbles. Belle and Jack really loved the bubbles, and their purple and green colored fur showed! The girls had fun blowing bubbles, the dogs chasing bubbles, and adults watching it all. Teenage Vanilla got zebra stripe duct tape because she loves to use duct tape for everything, and Little Vanilla got a bright pink and a bright blue nail polish. Once again we had a great time with holidays!
I am actually carrying a notebook with me now, so whenever something hits me that might be good for blogging, I write it down. I hate sitting down to do this and going blank, knowing I have all these good ideas bouncing around in my head somewhere. I have nobody reading this right now, but I plan to change that. So, if you stumble upon me in the next week, let me know.
Have a wonderfully Vanilla Day!
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